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Commercial players are likely to use the skill for transposing Bb treble lead sheets, or playing in a pit. Tenor clef shows up in modern musicals regularly.
Not to mention being shunned from quartet or choir opportunities that are the basis of networking in the industry.
I can understand how people did it then - I was one of them - but I don't understand how they would do it now.
Hot shards were definitely an issue, though.